Improvement in clothes and hat hooks



UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.,

GEORGE E. EOWLER, OE NEW YORK, n. Y.

IMPROVEMENT INl CLOTHES AND HAT HOOKS.

To all whom it may concern.-

-f Beit known that l, GEORGE B. FOWLER,. ot' the city, county, and State of New York, 'have invented a new and Improved Self-Fastening Hook; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l represents a sectional side elevatiouot my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation-of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in thatclass of hooks which are generally' used on clothes or hat racks; ai d it consists in the arrangement of a claw at the upper end of the bracket, to which the hook is fastened, in combination with one or more brads projecting` from-the under surface of said bracket in such a manner that by pressing,` the claw over the top ofthe wooden slat to which the hooks are to be secured, and the brad or brads in its face, eaahliook is rendered self-fastening, and can be attached or detached in a short time and with the least possible labor or exertion.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de.- scribe it.

A represents a hook, made of brass or any other suitable matt rial, and in any desirable form or shape suitable to hang on clothes or BEhtts. This hook is attached to the bracket B byfmeans of rivets or in any other desirable manner, and said bracket is provided with a claw, 66,011 top, and with one ormore brads, b, Which project from its under surface.

The bracket may be made of sheet metal by stamping or in any other desirable manner, and the claw is provided with three (more or less) points, c, as clearly shown in the dra-wings. The brads b are riveted or oth erwise secured to the bracket at a suitable distance from the Claw, said distance being made somewhatless than the usual width of the slats G, to which the hooks are to be attached.

In order to attach one of my hooks to a slat, the bracket B is held close up tothe outer surface of the same and depressed, causing the points ofthe claw to enter into the edge of said slat, and when the claw has been depressed far enough so that it rests upon the top edge of the slat, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the lower part ofthe bracket is pressed in, causing the brads b to pass into-the slat, and the hook is firmly held in place. Any strain exerted on the hook in a downward direction, or in the direction of the gravity, (this being the only strain to which it will be exposed by the clothes hung upon it,) causes the points of the claw and the brads to fasten themselves firmer and rmer in the slat, so that even if the hook should not be fastened perfectly' iirm from the beginning it will become fast in the course oftime, thus rendering` it self-fastening.

In order to detach one ofmy hooks, astrain exerted on the lower part ofthe bracket, in a direction from the slat and at right angles to its surface, will release the brads, and aslight upward pressure will unfasten the claw. My hooks can thus be fastened or unfastened in very little time and with the least possible exertion. A hook of this kind can be temporariy fastened to a door or closet, or to any piece of wood offering suflicient room, and for this reason my hook is of great convenience for travelers.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The claw a. and brad or brads b, in combination with the bracket B of a hook, A, constructed and operating in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.

G EO. B. FONVLER.

Witnesses:

Trios. L. J .f DOUGLAS, D. ROBERTSON. 

